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Grade 10-Helium
Math 10 Quarter 1 Week 2
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OBJECTIVES
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ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE
-is defined as a sequence in
which there is a common difference
between consecutive terms.
-is a sequence in which the terms after
the first term is obtained by adding a
fixed number.
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The common difference is

always the difference
between any term and the
term that precedes.
d = a2 – a1 d = a4 – a3
d = a3 – a2 d = an – a(n-1)
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Examples:

4, 8, 12, 16, 20, 24, … d = ____

7, 15, 23, 31, 39, 47 d = ____
14, 8, 2, -4, -10, -16, … d = ____
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ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE OR NOT

3, 7, 11, 15,… ____________

2, 5, 8, 11,… ____________
13, 9, 5, 1,… ____________
16, 12, 9, 8, 4, 2,… ____________
-17, -8, 3,14,25,… ___________
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Determine the next 3 terms

3, 7, 11, 15,__, __, __

2, 5, 8, 11,__, __, __
13, 9, 5, 1 ,__, __, __
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nth TERM OF ARITHMETIC

SEQUENCE
Let us consider:
2, 4, 6, 8,…
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nth TERM OF ARITHMETIC

SEQUENCE

𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂 𝟏 + 𝒏 − 𝟏 𝒅
Where:
an – nth term
a1 – 1st term
d - common difference
n – number of terms
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Example 1.
Find the nth term of the
given Arithmetic Sequence
9, 12, 15, 18, ... 17th term
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Find the nth term of the given

Arithmetic Sequence

5, 11, 17, 23, ... 100th term

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Find the nth term of the given

Arithmetic Sequence

25, 21, 17, 13,…20th term

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Summing Up!
The nth term of Arithmetic Sequence
𝒂 𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 + 𝒏 − 𝟏 𝒅
Where:
an – nth term
a1 – 1st term
d - common difference
n – number of terms
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Find the 42nd term of the

given Arithmetic Sequence
-3, 5, 13, 21, ... 42nd term
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APPLICATION

A company offers Jeff a starting annual salary of

Php 240 000 with raises of Php 20 000 per
year. What will be his salary on the 10th year?
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APPLICATION

Sir DG’s exercise plan lasts for 6 minutes on the

first day and increases by 4 minutes each
day.For how long will Sir DG exercise on the
eighteenth day?
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DERIVATION OF OTHER FORMULA

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MORE ON
ARITHMETIC
SEQUENCE
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ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE

A sequence in which the terms after the

first term is obtained by adding a fixed d = a2 – a1
number called common difference. d = a3 – a2
COMMON DIFFERENCE(d) – the d = an – an-1
difference between a term and the term
that precedes.
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nth TERM OF
ARITHMETIC SEQUENCE

𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝟏 + 𝒏 − 𝟏 𝒅
Where: an- nth term/last term
a1-first term
n- number of terms
d- common difference
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OTHER FORMULAS
derived from 𝒂𝒏=𝒂𝟏+(𝒏−𝟏)𝒅

𝒂𝟏 = 𝒂𝒏 − 𝒏 − 𝟏 𝒅
𝒅 = 𝒂𝒏 − 𝒂𝟏 𝒂𝒏 = 𝒂𝒎 + 𝒏 − 𝒎 𝒅
______________

n–1 𝒂𝒏 − 𝒂𝟏
𝒏= +𝟏
𝒅
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Illustrative Example 1

What is the common difference of an

arithmetic sequence whose first
term is 8 and the 7th term is 50?
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Illustrative Example 2

If a4 = 14, while d = -2, what is the

26th term of the arithmetic
sequence?
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Illustrative Example 3

Find the first term of an arithmetic

sequence with 20 terms, whose d is
10 and the last term is 230?
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Illustrative Example 4

54 is what term of the arithmetic

sequence -6, -2, 2, … ?
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ARITHMETIC MEAN/S
It refers to a term or terms inserted
between 2 terms of a given
arithmetic sequence.

Note: To find the arithmetic means,

determine the common difference first.
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Illustrative Example 5

Insert 2 terms between 8 and 35

Step 1: Visualize
8, ___, ___, 35

a1 a4
Step 2: Solve for d Step 3: Manually compute for
35−8 the arithmetic means
d=
4−1 17 ___,
8, ___, 26 35
27
d= d=9
3
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Illustrative Example 6

Insert 5 terms between 16 and -26

Step 1: Visualize 16, ___, ___, ___, ___, ___, -26

a1 a7
Step 3: Manually compute for
Step 2: Solve for d the arithmetic means
d=
−26−16 9 ___,
16, ___, 2 ___,
-5 -12
___,-19
___, -26
7−1
−42
d= d = −7
6
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Illustrative Example 6
Find the 2nd arithmetic mean
if a1 = 21 and a4 = 48
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GENERALIZATION
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